Duterte is watching

He’s no Santa Claus, but he may well be finding out soon “if you’re sleeping” and “if you’ve been good or bad” – as the song goes – while manning your post in government. President Duterte is planning the installation of closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in government agencies to monitor activities of workers and curb corruption. So as early as now, Malacañang suggests government workers to focus on work and avoid corrupt practices since the President himself will soon be watching their every move. Duterte assured that the proposed Gestapo-like surveillance in the bureaucracy would not violate any privacy rights since it covers the work of the public sector. “When I said that corruption will stop. It will stop. Maniwala kayo. To all government (employees), ‘wag ninyo akong hiyain dito. Kakasahan ko talaga kayo (Do not embarrass me or else I am ready to pull the trigger),” he said in [...]